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Poster for "Rip Van Winkle"

Date: 1905
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Across top in caps "A splendid scenic revival of the greatest of American dramas." Title runs beneath. Scene from play in which ...
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Poster for "Sheriff of Angel Gulch"

Date: 1906
Description: Color lithograph poster. The top caption reads: "Chas. E. Blaney presents Young Buffalo, King of the Wild West in his new play," and beneath this in larger...
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Repulse of the Highlanders

Date: 1985
Description: Painting depicting the Battle of New Orleans, fought on 8 January 1815. In the upper corner of the painting Major General Andrew Jackson is shown at the to...
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The American Soldier, Light Artillery Corp.

Date: 1976
Description: "The figure on foot in the right foreground shows a sergeant of light artillery in the all blue uniform trimmed with yellow prescribed in January 1812, whe...
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Crowd Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: A crowd is gathered in a courtroom in this scene still from the Thanhouser serial "Zudora." The blonde man on the far left is the actor N.Z. Wood. Zudora (...
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Basement Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: Zudora (played by Marguerite Snow) sits at a table while John Storm (Harry Benham) practices with a semi-automatic pistol in a candlelit basement in a scen...
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Basement Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: In a candlelit basement, John Storm (played by Harry Benham) loads bullets into a pistol magazine in a scene still for the Thanhouser serial "Zudora." The ...
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No Chemical Weapons!

Date: 01 16 1984
Description: Russian with Cyrillic characters. Poster depicts a person with a "USA" hard hat and dollar signs on his goggles pouring a chemical into a beaker with a CS ...
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"In the King of Prussia"

Date: 1982
Description: Poster advertising the screening of Emile de Antonio's 1982 film "In the King of Prussia," in Toronto, Ontario. Poster has a white border and a black backg...
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"Blessed Are The Meek" Editorial Cartoon

Date: 1968
Description: Editorial cartoon of dolphins in the water watching a mushroom cloud explode on the horizon. The drawing is titled, "Blessed Are The Meek: For They Shall I...
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"Rush to Judgment"

Date: 1967
Description: Poster advertising Emile de Antonio's 1967 documentary film "Rush to Judgment," about the Warren Commission's investigation into the assassination of Presi...
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"In the King of Prussia"

Date: 1982
Description: Poster advertising a British screening Emile de Antonio's 1982 film "In the King of Prussia," about the trial of the anti-war activist group Plowshares Eig...
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"Černý tulipán" (The Black Tulip) Film Poster

Date: 1967
Description: Czechoslovakian film poster for the French film "La tulipe noire." Collage image of a swashbuckler dressed in black and holding a sword while standing in a...
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"Das Privatleben Heinrich VIII" (The Private Lives of Henry the Eighth) Film Poster

Date: 1962
Description: German film poster for the re-release of the British film. Illustrated image, in two rounded sections, of Henry the Eighth dressed in red and carrying a sw...
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"El reñidero" (The Cockpit) Film Poster

Date: 1965
Description: Argentine film poster. Illustrated image of two men fighting in the street with knives. They are both wearing hats and suits.
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Vi Teeples and her Eden Point, by Lake Arbutus

Date: 1986
Description: Painting of a woman standing on a beach and holding a spear point in her hand. In the sand near her is a spear, several arrowheads, and a bag. She is weari...

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